After nabbing 10 consecutive top 10 debuts on the Billboard 200 across his nearly 20-year career, Chris Brown‘s streak (among studio albums) is set to be broken if industry analyst predictions are proven true.

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Jung Kook may be the latest member of BTS to launch a solo project to Billboard 200 chart battle, but so far – at least on the sales front – he’s leading the race among his K-Pop brothers and overall competitors.

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Doja Cat‘s new album, ‘Scarlet,’ is already weaving quite the success narrative domestically and internationally.

Released Friday (September 22), the hitmaking rapper went to chart battle with the critically polarizing effort led by singles ‘Attention,’ ‘Demons,’ ‘Agora Hills,’ and the chart-topping ‘Paint the Town Red.’

Yet, despite not being greeted with the buzz of its history-making predecessor ‘Planet HER,’ ‘Scarlet’ is certainly being welcomed handsomely in some of the planet’s biggest sales markets.

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The road to ‘Utopia‘ hasn’t been easy for Travis Scott, but the overwhelmingly positive response to the July 28-released album suggests it was worth the wait.

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The Best was more than just an international hit for late Rock Queen Tina Turner in 1989; it was practically an ode to self.

And now, over 30 years after the ‘Foreign Affair’ smash kissed its Hot 100 top 20 peak, it’s puckered up for a top 10 premiere on another major Billboard chart.

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The very week Donald Trump‘s alleged involvement in a hush-money scheme was set to make him the first U.S. president to be arrested and face criminal charges, the 76-year-old managed to also make history in an unexpected way: topping a Billboard chart.

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After watching her new album, ‘Endless Summer Vacation,’ make a major splash on the United Kingdom’s side of the pond, Pop diva Miley Cyrus is seeing the critically acclaimed LP repeat the feat in the United States.

Over 16 years into her career, Miley’s global takeover is nothing short of astounding – especially on American charts where her epic comeback single, ‘Flowers,’ was planted in history books for its explosive opening sales and streaming numbers.

The tune’s March 10-released parent project nabbed headlines for flying to the top of real-time Apple Music sales tallies of over 70 countries in less than 24 hours after its unveiling – a victory lap that led industry analysts to predict the 12-song set’s Stateside faring would boast up to 130,000 units shifted by the end of its inaugural tracking week.

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After soaring to #1 on the Hot 100 with the Rick James-sampling ‘Super Freaky Girl,’ Rap Queen Nicki Minaj looks poised to repeat the feat thanks to another sample-buoyed bop: ‘Red Ruby Da Sleeze.’

The March 3-released cut, which famously features elements of Lumidee‘s early 2000’s hit ‘Never Leave You (Uh Oh),’ earned praise from the Rap diva’s fans for housing a gritty performance akin to what was found on her early mixtapes.

“Who the f**k told bitches they was me now? / I knew these bitches was slow, I ain’t know these bitches senile / Married a shooter case you ni**as tried to breathe loud,” she spit on the Go Grizzly & Cheeze Beatz-produced track.

Jetting to the top of real-time iTunes sales tallies shortly after its unveiling, the tune’s weeklong domination of digital hitlists not only led it to be the week’s top female Hot 100 debut (among all genres) but ‘Ruby’ also shines with Hip-Hop’s biggest opening of the year so far.

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From stunning categorical upsets to moving musical performances from the likes of Rihanna, Lady Gaga, and others, the OSCARs aired Sunday night (March 12) and delivered just what the doctor ordered to raise the ailing awards show out of its multi-year ratings slump.

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Over 16 years into her career, Miley Cyrus rocked and shocked music lovers at the top of the year when her epic comeback single, ‘Flowers,’ was planted in history books for its explosive first-week commercial performance.

Going on to enjoy a 6-week run atop the Billboard Hot 100 (her longest stay at #1 yet), the tune set in motion Miley mania – a state put to its ultimate test by the release of the song’s parent album ‘Endless Summer Vacation.’

Released March 10, the 12-song LP boasts contributions from big names like Brandi Carlile, Sia, Justin Tranter, Mike WiLL Made-It, Kid Harpoon, James Blake, Ian Kirkpatrick, and more.

Look inside to see how the union of their musical superpowers is set to hoist Miley to her biggest numbers in years.

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Rema and Selena Gomez have a hit on their hands. Case in point, they have just landed a coveted spot at pop radio.

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Not even two months after Beyonce saw her latest Hot 100 #1 hit, ‘Break My Soul,’ help pen her in the record books of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) when it earned the diva her 40th Platinum plaque, Rihanna had already eclipsed the record thanks to fan favorites from her last album, 2016’s ‘Anti.’

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